TheWimaranga (Wimaragga), also known as theYuupngati (Jupangati) orNggerikudi,^[1] were anIndigenous Australian people of the westernCape York Peninsula in northernQueensland.^[2]

Apart from the oralJupangati language, the Jupangati employed a version ofAustralian sign language, andWalter Roth recorded some 24 examples in 1900.^[3]

The Jupangati dwelt over 500 square miles (1,300 km²) of land south of theWenlock, formerly Batavia, River on theGulf of Carpentaria coast. Their territory extended as far asDuyfken Point and included thePennefather River district betweenPort Musgrave andAlbatross Bay. To their south were the neighbouring Windawinda people.^[3][2]

There are in the ethnographic literature many names, or spelling variants, used to designate the Jupangati

• Yuupngati, Yupangati, Yupungati
• Yupnget, Yupungatti, Yopngadi
• Nggerikudi,Nggirikudi,Ngerikudi,Niggerikudi
• Ra:kudi
• Angadimi,Angutimi (These refer to the name used to refer to the language.)
• Batjana,Mbatyana,Ba:tyana (This was a name designating ahorde on the lower Wenlock [Batavia] River.)
• Wimarangga,Wimaranga (This referred to a horde near Duifken Point, on the north side of Albatross Bay.)^[2]

• Aboriginal peoples of Queensland

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